TY - JOUR AU - Dunkle, Stacie E. AU - Mba-Jonas, Adamma AU - Loharikar, Anagha AU - Fouché, Bernadette AU - Peck, Mireille AU - Ayers, Tracy AU - Archer, W. Roodly AU - De Rochars, Valery AU - Bender, Thomas AU - Moffett, Daphne AU - Tappero, Jordan W. AU - Dahourou, George AU - Roels, Thierry AU - Quick, Robert T1 - Epidemic Cholera in a Crowded Urban Environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 11 SP - 2143 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We conducted a case–control study to investigate factors associated with epidemic cholera. Water treatment and handwashing may have been protective, highlighting the need for personal hygiene for cholera prevention in contaminated urban environments. We also found a diverse diet, a possible proxy for improved nutrition, was protective against cholera. KW - KW - bacteria KW - epidemic KW - waterborne infections KW - cholera KW - enteric infections KW - Vibrio cholerae KW - case–control studies KW - Haiti KW - urban population KW - hygiene KW - handwashing KW - diet KW - prevention and control KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1711.110772 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/11/11-0772_article ER - End of Reference